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06-02-2009, 03:00 PM
The director general of prisons, Major General Manuel de Jesus Perez Sanchez attributed yesterday the recent series of bloody incidents in the nation's prisons to the overcrowded conditions in which the inmates are forced to live as well as the heat wave that is currently affecting the nation. The official said that during the summer the occurrence of riots is more frequent.
Perez Sanchez said that there have not been riots in jails where the new prison model is in place. In the summer the fights in jails increase especially when the temperature reaches 30 and 35 degrees Celsius. In an overcrowded cell, temperatures can go as high as 40 degrees, he explained.
He said that in these conditions, the inmates fight over anything, such as the incident in El Seibo where the fight was caused by a discussion over RD$200 pesos between two prisoners.
He said the fight in the Moca jail was the result of six inmates taking five fellow prisoners as hostages as a way to pressure for their transfer to the Kilometer 15 Prison in Azua where last Friday two inmates accused of dealing drugs were sent.
The general said that the situation was being tackled along three fronts: new jails, better training of prison personnel and working in the area of internal processes.
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Perez Sanchez said that there have not been riots in jails where the new prison model is in place. In the summer the fights in jails increase especially when the temperature reaches 30 and 35 degrees Celsius. In an overcrowded cell, temperatures can go as high as 40 degrees, he explained.
He said that in these conditions, the inmates fight over anything, such as the incident in El Seibo where the fight was caused by a discussion over RD$200 pesos between two prisoners.
He said the fight in the Moca jail was the result of six inmates taking five fellow prisoners as hostages as a way to pressure for their transfer to the Kilometer 15 Prison in Azua where last Friday two inmates accused of dealing drugs were sent.
The general said that the situation was being tackled along three fronts: new jails, better training of prison personnel and working in the area of internal processes.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)